318 CI. VERBENACEiE (baker). [Vitex. 



late, densely pubescent, y^ in. long ; teeth distinct, ovate. Corolla 

 sulphur-yellow, J in. long. Fruit the size of a small pea. 



IsO'wer Guinea. Angola : in the provinces of Pungo Andongo and Golungo 

 Alto, Welwitsch, 5663 ! 5677 ! 5735 ! 5736 ! 



3. V. Strickeri, Vatke <Sc Hildehr. in Linncea, xliii. 532. A shrub 

 5-6 ft. high ; branchlets densely clothed with short brown pubescence. 

 Leaves trifoliolate, subcoriaceous, scabrous above, densely pubes- 

 cent with raised main veins beneath ; leaflets ovate, acute, 1 J-2 in. 

 long, entire or slightly toothed, end one shortly petioled ; main 

 petiole densely pubescent, 1 in. long. Cymes forming a thyrsoid 

 terminal panicle 2-4 in. long ; branches very pubescent ; pedicels very 

 short. Calyx campaoulate, pubescent, minutely toothed, -^ in. long at 

 flowering. Corolla pubescent, twice as long as the calyx. Drupe yellow, 

 glossy, glabrous, the size of a pea. 



XMCozamb. Dl8t> German East Africa : Usaramo ; Dar-es-Salaam, Sildebrandt, 

 Bagatnoyo, Kirk ! 



Wile ZiOnd. British East Africa : Mombasa, Wakefield ! 



4. V, zanzibarensis, Vatke in Linncea, xliii. 533. A shrub 4-5 

 yards high ; branchlets shortly pubescent. Leaves 3-5-foliolate, 

 moderately firm, green and glabrous on both surfaces; leaflets 3-5, 

 sessile, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, entire, narrowed to the base, 3-4 

 in. long, 1 in. broad at the middle; petiole l|-2 in. long. Cymes 

 laxly disposed on the branches of an ample panicle ; branchlets clothed 

 with short whitish pubescence; bracts lanceolate, minute. Calyx 

 campanulate, y^ in. long and broad at flowering, canescent ; teeth 5, 

 minute. Corolla lilac, densely pubescent, J in. long ; tube funnel- 

 shaped ; lobes very small. 



IWEozaxab. Dlst. German East Africa : Bagamoyo, Rildehrandt, 1303 ! 



5. V. Volkensii, Gurke in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. G. 339. A tree; 

 branchlets clothed with yellowish- hairs. Leaves with a long petiole, 

 5-foliolate ; leaflets subsessile, oblong, acute, entire, moderately firm, 

 slightly pubescent above, densely pubescent beneath ; central one 3-4 

 in. long. Cymes forming an ample terminal thyrsoid panicle ; branches 

 densely pubescent ; pedicels short. Calyx campanulate, pubescent, 

 Jg— J^ in. long ; teeth small, deltoid. Corolla-tube pubescent, twice as 

 long as the calyx ; lobes small, orbicular. Stamens included. 



IVIozainb. Dlst. German East Africa : Usambara ; Nderema, Volkens, 132 ! 



6. V. NegundOy Linn. ; Schauer in DG. Prod. xi. 684. A shrub 

 or small tree; branchlets coated with white tomentum. Leaves 

 5-foliolate, moderately firm, green and glabrous above when mature, 

 coated with thin persistent whitish tomentum beneath ; leaflets 5, 

 oblong-lanceolate, entire, acute, rounded at the base, 3-4 in. long, 1 in. 

 broad, the three upper long-petioled ; main petiole 1 J-2 in. long. 



